Stories of business information systems are about change and transformation of a business. The stories are about service,efficiency and advice, strategy, competition and collaboration, insights and intelligence in the business context. The stories are about path to progress, opportunities for growth, employment and divide among nations. The stories are about redefining the art of conducting business!
There are quite a few categories of stories that get the message across to students on the role of information systems/ technologies in business.
1. Contextual - Stories that convey the business context
2. Trends - business processes, applications, people, technologies
3. Strategic - Business, Organization and Information Systems - how they align with and influence each other
4. Infrastructure and Operations - tools, techniques that enable change
5. Volunteering - open source, customer and consumer involvement
6. Outsourcing - division of labor in building systems
7. Experience - building systems, history, general
